Before You Begin
This chapter describes how
Integration Server uses an external directory to authenticate clients, rather than using internally-defined user and group information. For information about using internally-defined users and groups, refer to
Managing Users and Groups. You can set up
Integration Server to access information from an external directory if your site uses one of the following external directories for user and group information:
Central user management
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
You can configure Integration Server for central user management by connecting Integration Server to a My webMethods Server user database. You can also configure LDAP directories and other type of directories to be used with central user management. However, you can only use one external directory at a time, a central user directory or LDAP.
Important: If you are using My webMethods Server in your environment, Software AG recommends that you configure Integration Server to work with a central user management directory. If you want to use an LDAP server and you are using My webMethods Server, it is recommended that you configure LDAP using My webMethods Server. Configure Integration Server to work with the LDAP server directly only when you are not using My webMethods Server.
Before you continue reading this chapter, you may find it helpful to first understand how Integration Server uses user and group information. Read the following sections if you have not already done so.